On 11/26/2013 3:58 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > $300 desktops? Where? how about under $100 for a complete desktop? http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?nm_mc=EMC-SD112013&cm_mmc=EMC-SD112013-_-SD112813-_-item-_-83-155-932&et_cid=3212&et_rid=117069 you'll need to subscribe to newegg's shellshocker list before you can order it, and this deal is only 'visible' and valid from 3-6pm PST tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day), its a refurb Dell OptiPlex GX740 stripped model, miditower with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual core 2Ghz, 2GB ram, 80GB HD, keyboard, mouse. For $95 (after a $10 mail-in-rebate). I'd want to add at least 4GB more memory (it will take max 4 x 2GB == 8GB DDR2 dimms... I suspect it comes with 2 x 1GB), and my existing SATA disks (it has 4 SATA ports). -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast